Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
#Scoretober
Prompt: Compose a piece inspired by a piece of art
This piece was inspired by Kazimir Malevich's 1916 composition, "Suprematist Composition (blue rectangle over the red beam)." I looked at the top left of the painting and imagined that the textures of my score were based on the positioning of the shapes. The very top left represents the winds, while the expanded rectangles as you travel to the right of the canvas encompass an increasing amount of the ensemble (all the way down to the strings).
The goal was to arrive at the green rectangle, where every instrument is finally playing. Each part is written using the 12 discreet pitchs, without any repetition until the row is complete. However, I did not apply any serialistic modifications (inversions, retrogrades, etc.) and instead considered what the lines would sound like when combined.
#Scoretober
Prompt: Compose a piece inspired by a piece of art
This piece was inspired by Kazimir Malevich's 1916 composition, "Suprematist Composition (blue rectangle over the red beam)." I looked at the top left of the painting and imagined that the textures of my score were based on the positioning of the shapes. The very top left represents the winds, while the expanded rectangles as you travel to the right of the canvas encompass an increasing amount of the ensemble (all the way down to the strings).
The goal was to arrive at the green rectangle, where every instrument is finally playing. Each part is written using the 12 discreet pitchs, without any repetition until the row is complete. However, I did not apply any serialistic modifications (inversions, retrogrades, etc.) and instead considered what the lines would sound like when combined.
